Freshfield Nursery School, Stockport
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Freshfield Nursery provides an excellent start for young learners in a welcoming, caring environment. Children make outstanding progress in communication, language and personal development, with staff creating warm relationships that boost confidence and learning. The nursery excels at teaching children about safety and keeping them secure, while offering varied, engaging activities that spark curiosity and a love of learning.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding progress in personal, social and emotional development, and communication and language skills
- Children achieve well in reading, writing and number, with boys' writing skills now matching girls'
- Excellent safety awareness and procedures - children understand how to keep themselves safe
- Warm, positive relationships between staff and children that promote self-esteem
- Varied, interest-based activities that engage children across all areas of learning
Areas for Improvement
- Assessment recording systems do not always accurately show individual children's progress
- Staff do not always question children skilfully enough during activities to extend their learning
- Staff do not engage enough with children's self-chosen play to develop learning fully
- Middle leaders are not yet fully involved in checking that all groups achieve well in their subject areas
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and meet requirements. Staff undertake regular training and high priority is given to keeping the school building safe at all times.
Extracurricular Activities
Forest school area
Freshfield Nursery School is a good nursery that provides a welcoming, caring environment where children achieve well. The headteacher effectively promotes high expectations and the school is well led, though it has declined from Outstanding to Good since the previous inspection.
At a Glance
3.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Places available
3,392
Applications
3,486
Got 1st preference
76.2%
Got preferred school
94.2%
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